matter one for Jesting. They compromised by turning low the lamps: In. the sitting-room and turning that In the hall, Mrs. Jo then told of one Chien Chieh, 2 well-known local gambler who had been decapitated for saying ut, loud things about the Empress Dowager that wiser folks whispered in the ear. Being anxious to. wit ness the marriage of his son, he had thrown dice with the King of Hol, the life of the boy, against permis: sion {o spend a week on earth again, and hod won; it being part of the Dargain that' demon. sempstresses should sew his head on for him, uble Kittens Another Indy had a lighter tale of cat that stole out at night to Urysts with a demon Tom and ended by alying birth to a Titter of invisible kittens, whose mewing could be heard ut who could not be soon and who had nally set out in quest of their equally invisible father, while their mother mourned their" departure nightly on the housetop, And then he noticed that the road before him was growing. brighter and presently the "sound of music fell upon his cars. There was some sort, of entertainment afoot. He! quickened his pace; where there were people, there was safety. He reached. the bend in the road and turned the corner. He heaved a distinct. sigh, of relief as he came upon a scene that he had not witnessed for years.
Somebody had taken the Thres reassures Inn and had redecorated {tas it had been before the trouble, was now a blaze of ght and the sounds of merriment within, blending with the incessant ellek, lick, slit of ivory against blackwood, told him that not one but many parties were in progress. Soong hurried on and was soon In' the entrance hall, was indeed like old: times. A. rear Kitson light hung above the entrunee: a crowd of beggars. had gathered' round the door." Walters Were hurrying up the broad stairway with trays loaded down with steaming olshes. From more than. one aall" the voices of singing girls could be heard; their shell falsetioes blending with' the tum, tum—of numerous "Chinese -plangs." And Fan then related the often told tale of the Hongkong Chinese policeman who was lured up a dark alley' by a beautiful white woman who cone tinually beckoned to him Yo. follow her and then when they had reached the end of the cul-de-sac, urned on him, revealing blood stained fangs. and' the face of a flend from Hell, He was found several hours Inter lying unconscious on the ground with Dldek finger marks on his throat, and expired inthe Government - civil after having recovered eon-just long enough (0 gasp Sut the details of hiv terrifying! experience, "What about queried urs. Hsu, Know some good 'Surely' you must stories, Tellus
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